<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Speaker: </strong>Ha-kyoung Lee, Associate Professor of Political Science, Academy of Korean Studies</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Moderator: </strong>Jungwon Kim, the King Sejong Assistant Professor of Korean Studies, EALAC Columbia University</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Ha-kyoung Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Academy of Korean Studies. Her research investigates the intersections of law, authority, and governance in premodern Asia, with a particular emphasis on the legislative processes and legal practices of Chos\u014fn Korea (1392\u20131910). She is currently working on two projects: Confucian Moral Ethics, Moral Crimes, and the State in Chos\u014fn Korea (funded by the National Research Foundation, 2025-2027) and Koreans\u2019 Legal Literacy: Its Historical Formation and Development (supported by the Institute for Legal Studies at Yonsei University, 2025-2031). Her recent publications include \u201cThe Judicial System for Confucian Moral Crimes in Late Chos\u014fn Korea, Sams\u014fngch\u2019uguk\u201d P\u014fpsahak Y\u014fn'gu 71 (2025). This lecture draws from her forthcoming article, \u201cRoles and Challenges of Legal Officials During King Ch\u014fngjo\u2019s Reign,\u201d The Journal of Korean Studies (Vol. 31, no. 2, 2026).</p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Professor Lee will deliver her lecture entitled <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chos\u014fn Korea </em>on Tuesday November 18, 2025 at 2pm.</p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">This lecture examines how legal officials (yulgwan) and state authority intersected in the judicial system of late Chos\u014fn Korea, focusing on the reign of King Ch\u014fngjo (1776\u20131800). Entrusted with interpreting statutes and advising on judicial decisions, legal officials were indispensable to the functioning of law, yet they became recurring targets of royal censure. King Ch\u014fngjo, while affirming their role in preserving judicial integrity, subjected them to rigorous scrutiny and imposed severe disciplinary measures when their judgments fell short of his expectations. Were these punishments evidence of professional inadequacy, or of the king\u2019s determination to assert interpretive control over the law? These tensions highlight the overlooked presence of legal officials and underscore both the professional functions they performed and the disciplinary pressures that constrained them, thereby offering new insights into justice and governance in a Confucian state.</p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">This event is hosted by the Center for Korean Research at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Registration:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">To attend this event <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">in-person</strong>, please register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/legal-officials-justice-and-the-king-in-late-choson-korea-tickets-1708792447209?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl" tabindex="-1" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(33, 100, 151);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">HERE</strong></a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">.</strong></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">To attend this event <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">online</strong>, please register<span style="color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"> <a href="https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MYN7_a6ySam2al2P85ZjMQ" tabindex="-1" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(33, 100, 151);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">HERE</strong></a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">.</strong></span></li></ul><div><font color="#737373" face="proxima-nova, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><p style="caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#e32400"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">PLEASE NOTE: </strong></em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">For non-Columbia guests, registration is required to access the Morningside campus</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">24 hours prior to the event.</strong></em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 12:00 PM on Thursday, November 6 for campus access.</strong></em></font></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 13px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font color="#e32400">Names will be submitted for QR codes 1-2 days prior to the event and subsequently reviewed. 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